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Chest clinic
Images in Thorax
Granulomatosis with polyangitis (Wegener's)
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  1. Takayuki Takimoto,
  2. Osamu Morimura,
  3. Takako Inoue,
  4. Haruko Terada,
  5. Kinya Abe
  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Toyonaka City, Osaka, Japan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Takayuki Takimoto, Department of Internal Medicine, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, 4-14-1 Shibahara-cho, Toyonaka City, Osaka 560-8565, Japan; taka2003{at}chp.toyonaka.osaka.jp

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2009.133496

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